The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-01
GOSSIP AND INFORMATION.

The New York World is nothing if not meta
phorical. 1t says: ITO attempt to fill M
Beecher's place with an ordinary preache
would be like trying to wad krupp cannon
with doughnut."
Says the Alta California, "Just look at the
trade dollar! 1t has limped round remarking
In God We Trust and Its faith is rewarded by
redemption"
Mrs May Cunningham of Bucksport, Me,
used tobacco for 60 years and has left it off,
and advises every body to do likewise, as she
feels as we'll and fresh as girl since throwing
the stuff away.
There was a grand old time at San Rafael,
Mexico last week. Fifty thousand intellectual
people who had assembled to see a bull.fht, at
ter paying from So to $40 per head for the pri-
vlege were shocked to discover that the bulls
were tame, listess, pacific brutes, and that no
amount of industry Of the matadors, picadors
and banderileros could provoke them TO prop
G hosy The ss e5S sstrs
troops bad to be called in to quei the disturb.
ance. BY this means enough fighting was Sc
cured to satisfy even those who had paid s.
for standing room.
The Bsmark ID ~ Times tells of well-to
do man IN the Black hills the foundation OF
whose fortune was 81 900, the sum for which
he sold his wife. Well, she isn't tho first wife
who has brought fortune to Der husband
A daring surgical operation performed at
New Bedford nearly year ago has just been
proved successful. Edward X Russell had the
tend0nS in one bis legs severed II years ago,
rendering the limb useless. The operation con.
sisted Of the transferring of two tendons from
a dog, which had been etherized for The pur-
with the severed tendons. For 10 months after
the operation Russell was not allowed to use
his leg, but within few days he has been per-
mitted to exercise lit. He has now complete
control of the limb. This is the first operation
of the kind that has been performed in this
country with complete success.
William C Kingsly, protector of the Brook
Ign Bridge, estimated many years ago, in the
infancy OF the enterprise, that 36 900 600 persons
per annum would represent its maximum cap.
acitv, and that this number of people would be
using the bridge In 1900. Already ZOO 900
people cross the bridge, and at the present rate
of increase Mr. Kingsley's estimate may be
reached in 1899, ten years before the time fixed
by lin.
Three years ego seventeen bachelors of Key
stone, ID T, en- tered into solemn compact new
er to marry. Eleven OF them are already hus.
bands and two OF them are soon to wed.
A few years ago society of eminent French
men discussed this question: "What language
would a child naturally speak If was never
taught" Twenty different results were pre-
dlcted. To test the matter two infants were
procured and kept isolated with deaf and
dumb woman, who lived alone in the Alps,
surrounded by her sheep and chickens. After
six years the children and their nurse were
brought before the savants, who were waiting
In great expectation as to the result, when 10 7!
not word could either OF them utter, but
most perfectly could they initiate the growing
Of cock, the cackling Of q hen and the bleat-
ing of sheep.
There is a club Of solid business men in Phil.
ndelphia, says the New York Graphic which
lakes supreme delight in extending its hospi-
falities to some honored guest and then guying
him until he imagines that he has by some
mistake got into lunatic asylum. Their latest
victim was United States Treasurer Com ad N
Jordan. They invited him to an elaborate |
banquet where everything was conducted with I
he utmost decorum and reserve until be was |
,alled upon TO respond TO a toast. Scarcely |
1ad be mentioned how happy he was to be |
smong th m when tho whole company stared |
y Justify TO sing "Happy Moments" Gratified |
hough slightly amazed at this exhibition of |
ntbusiasm. the treasurer proceeded with los |
peech, only to be interrupted by stentorlsn
'oice giving out the notes of ''One Bright River
md that Bright River is Jordan" in which all |
ongues vocferously joined. At this stage OF |
be proceedings the guest began TO comprehend
he program. and modified his remarks so as 10
Omit of a graceful finish. But the watchful /
borus leader OWNED his purpose and rang out
he keynote Of "Rol, Jordan, Roll' Final
Y, when he had gladly sat down, the festive
osts comforted him with "Jordan am a Hard
toad TO Trabbe" The Observer will not |
ivulge the name OF tie club, because ii has |
Their victims on the list whom il proposes to !
nlertain and astonish in due season.